Area high school students got a behind-the-scenes look at potential future jobs during the UW-Stevens Point Health Careers Camp, sponsored by Marshfield Clinic Health System, June 11-14, 2019. The 17 students are completing exploration rotations at medical facilities including Marshfield Medical Center, Medical College of Wisconsin and Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, as well […]
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Getting taxes prepared can be, well, taxing. It can also be expensive, and a hardship for low-income families. Help can be found through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, offered in communities across the nation. Each spring, 20-30 students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point volunteer with VITA through CAP Services in Stevens Point, […]
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The UW-Stevens Point athletic training program welcomed Senator Patrick Testin to campus for a tour of our facilities and to learn more about research conducted as a part of the Neinas Concussion Initiative on March 4. Our undergrad and graduate students put Senator Testin to the test with baseline assessments using virtual reality, Biodex Balance […]
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As a national leader in sustainability, faculty and students from the Educational Sustainability doctoral program, Office of Sustainability and other university sustainability programs are representing the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh Oct. 2-6, 2018. [View Photos] AASHE is the […]
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Marshfield Clinic Health System and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have entered a partnership that will advance the development of the health care workforce by providing new education and training opportunities for students. [View Photos] The partnership is focused on UW-Stevens Point’s academic programs with MCHS’s clinical training opportunities, and to further develop UW-Stevens Point’s […]
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Guest blogger Ben Formella, a sophomore at Pacelli Catholic High School, is a participant in Teen Leadership Portage County who shadowed Dean Marty Loy for a day. As if Stevens Point wasn’t already enough a great community on its own, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point confirms this by having its own amazing virtues. Today I am […]
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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for its School of Business and Economics. Graduates will complete degrees from a program ranked among the top 20 percent in the nation and top 5 percent in the world. “AACSB accreditation is an external recognition of […]
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by guest blogger Leo Knapp, a sophomore at Stevens Point Area Senior High Today I shadowed Marty Loy for a program called Teen Leadership Portage County. Marty is the dean of the College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point. I’m a sophomore at SPASH (Stevens Point Area Senior High) and had a great experience today. […]
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A camp organized by UW-Stevens Point Associate Professor of Education Maysee Yang Herr and alum Yauo Yang ’08 has been selected for a state award. The American Camp Association Wisconsin Local Council of Leaders has selected Camp Phuoojywg-Friend to receive the Excellence in Program Recognition award. Camp Phoojywg-Friend is a two-week camp that offers basic […]
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More than 100 attendees–including students, faculty, staff and local health care professionals–learned motivational interviewing skills from expert speaker Laura Saunders, MSSW, at the first of three motivational coaching workshops Friday, Feb. 5 at UW-Stevens Point. [View Photos] Saunders discussed concepts and skills in motivational interviewing, a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style with workshop attendees and introduced concepts […]
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